James G. Stavridis Quotes
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The books that help you most are those which make you think that most. The hardest way of learning is that of easy reading; but a great book that comes from a great thinker is a ship of thought, deep freighted with truth and beauty.
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If a superhero knocks over a building, and there are 5,000 people in the building that we can presume are now dead, does it matter? Because they're not people we know. But if one dog we like gets run over by a car, it's the worst thing we've ever seen. I totally understand where that visceral reaction comes from. I have that same reaction.
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For 'Breaking Bad,' people were with Walter White for 99% of that show, even though that guy is a monster.
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The lessons from the peace process are clear; whatever life throws at us, our individual responses will be all the stronger for working together and sharing the load.
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I'm pretty content with what I have, but the one thing that I don't have is something like the iPod - but PC-based. I think that would be cool.
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Acting is equal parts talent and perseverance.
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I wanted to write a story about colonization and about Hawaii. I went to college right at the height of identity politics, and that's how I always read 'The Tempest,' for example.
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A president should look for what binds the people together rather than what drives them apart. As soon as you are identified with one side of the political map, you are no longer everybody's president.
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Every one suspects himself of at least one of the cardinal virtues.
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This claustrophobia was the only weakness I had. It's not my fault. It's just in my mind.
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Out of timber so crooked as that from which man is made nothing entirely straight can be carved.
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He would still see it as his duty to shut up and get on with it, not cause any trouble. In our own time we've made a hero of the rebel, and it's more heroic to speak up.
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Eminem is more like a friend. And I'm also a fan on Eminem.
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The greatest thing about music is everyone has their own style, and I respect all styles of music.
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Some of my favorite shows are ones where the characters are vile and human and flawed. That's what makes me want to keep watching a show, not writers telling me how to feel about characters.
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I was a very fearful little kid, and I would always see the worst in everything. The glass was half-empty. I would see people kissing, and I would think one was trying to bite the other.
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Reading is an exercise in empathy; an exercise in walking in someone else's shoes for a while.
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Don't play for one run unless you know that run will win a ballgame.
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I actually was a defense attorney first.
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We cannot change the Koran or make no modifications, this cannot be done, or it would no longer be holy.
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To be human is to err, isn't it?
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You're entirely bonkers. But I'll tell you a secret... All the best people are!
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But if we hide ourselves away, afraid to grow and learn, we might wake up in the flames of the ignorance that burns and we'll never be much more than only casualties of war in a struggle we can't win if we have no faith to begin. We've got to tip the lid and let some sunlight in.
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Rested commanders are the best commanders.
